Practical Treatise on Railroads: Plates - signed

Nicholas Woods (1834), Paul E. Waters (1986).

ISBN 10: 0948904054 / ISBN 13: 9780948904059

Published by P.E. Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent UK, 1986

About this Item

Reprinted with an Introduction by Dr. Paul E. Waters. Provides a brief summary of Nicholas Wood's life and an excerpt from the Hexham Courant (1866) describing the importance of Nicholas Woods's experiments. With fourteen oversized fold-out plates showing tracks, rail, turnouts, turntable, wheels, brake, wagons, dynamometer, inclined planes and locomotives. A letter signed from author to Railway Magazine dated Oct.1989 is enclosed. Copyright © P.E. Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent UK.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Treatise on Railroads: Plates - signed
• Publisher: P.E. Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent UK
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0948904054
• ISBN 13: 9780948904059
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

1986 reprint of the Plates section of Nicholas Wood's "A Practical Treatise on Railroads." Includes new introduction by Dr. Paul E. Waters, a brief summary of Nicholas Wood's life and an excerpt from the Hexham Courant (1866) describing the importance of Woods's experiments. With 14 oversized fold-out plates showing tracks, rail, turnouts, turntable, wheels, brake, wagons, dyanometer, inclined planes and locomotives from, among others, the Liverpool & Manchester, the Chemin de Fer de la Loire, and the Stockton & Darlington. 25 pages.